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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of a jazz orchestra. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death, his career spanning over 50 years.
Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward, and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle, and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music, rather than to a musical genre such as jazz.
Some of the musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are considered to be among the best players in jazz. Ellington melded them into the best-known orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Some members stayed with the orchestra for several decades. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington often composed specifically to feature the style and skills of his individual musicians.
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than 1,000 pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70.
His compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.
He was renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats, and sunglasses. He was also noted for an idiosyncratic habit observed at times during performances: while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano.
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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer who became one of the pivotal and most influential figures in jazz music. His career spanned from the 1920s to the 1960s, covering many different eras of jazz.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing.
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was extremely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society which were highly restricted for black men of his era.
Actors: Mark Frampton (actor), Al Bailey (actor), Al Bailey (producer), Al Bailey (writer), Louise Pridding (actress), Nathan Codrington (director), Neil Jeram-Croft (producer), Nathan Codrington (editor), Neil Jeram-Croft (actor), Dean Fagan (actor), Natalie Pike (actress), Holly Chadwick (actress), Rachel Dargie (actress), Louise Hamer (actress), Nigel Hart (composer),
Plot: An exquisite jazz pianist plays out a story of surreal intrigue and horrific brutality in this neo noir whodunit. A lawyer and his wife stiff through painful conversations, at a residents only champagne party; with a dark and bewildering author, a flirtatious fiancé, a Machiavellian psychiatrist, an artist with a blank canvas, and a neglected son and his group of youthful friends who seem as out of place as the furnishings. The party, hosted by the lottery winning owner of the penthouse location, is plagued with unconventional happenings, which hang in the atmosphere around the guise of a sinister master of ceremonies. Adding to the cocktail of mystery is the fleeting frequents of an ageing footballer's wife and a gangland heavy. The circumstance of everyone's attendance is hiding something disturbing. Away from the partying culprits an old piano in a secret room on the 9th floor hides away a pained man who is subjected to horrendous torture. Who is this man and what is the motive? A story of revenge, guilt, hopeless redemption, and acceptance rises up from underneath the jazzy small talk to root out both the tortured and torturer's identity.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery,Actors: Lincoln Hoppe (actor), Sam Cardon (composer), Booth Colman (actor), Frances Hodgson Burnett (writer), Stephen L. Johnson (editor), Rick Macy (actor), Joel Swetow (actor), Steve Valentine (actor), Forrest S. Baker III (producer), Josh Zuckerman (actor), Jeff T. Miller (producer), Guy Siner (actor), Julie Anne Rieder (miscellaneous crew), Alexandra Boyd (actress), Kipling Hicks (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Family,Actors: Robert Lang (actor), John Altman (composer), Anna Chancellor (actress), Keith Richardson (producer), Sean Chapman (actor), Craig Kelly (actor), Christopher Ellison (actor), Perry Fenwick (actor), Dermot Crowley (actor), Emma Hayter (producer), Gordon Flemyng (director), Mike Eastman (actor), Colleen Hughes (miscellaneous crew), Derek Lister (writer), Ken Sharrock (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Jack Murray (editor), Victor Mature (actor), Frank Borzage (director), John Wayne (producer), Henry Vars (composer), Frank Borzage (producer), Victor Mature (producer), Ward Bond (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Li Hua Li (actress), Denver Pyle (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Stuart Whitman (actor), Steve Mitchell (actor), Ann McCrea (actress),
Plot: In China gruff Air Force captain Cliff Brandon wakes up after a night of drinking to discover he has purchased the housekeeping services of comely, young Shu-Jen from her father. Disappointed by Cliff's insistence on staying out late in bars, Shu-Jen leaves for home when Cliff, made aware that she is carrying her child, finds her and marries her in a delightful traditional Chinese ceremony. Happy days are spent as Shu-Jen and her infant daughter join Cliff at a forward base until Cliff, returning from a supply-drop mission, hears the base is under attack by Japanese bombers.
Keywords: air-force, asian, biracial-child, captain, china, colonel, country-name-in-title, expectant-father, expectant-mother, interracial-marriageDuke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington 1 Satin Doll 2 Warm Valley 3 Flamingo 4 Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 5 Black And Tan Fantasy 6 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 7 Happy-Go-Lucky Local 8 Rockin' IN Rhythm 9 C-Jam Blues 10 Bakiff 11 Caravan 12 Harlem Air Shaft 13 Serious Serenade 14 It Don't Mean A Thing
Classic Mood Experience The best masterpieces ever recorded in the music history. Join our YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/classicmoodexp Join our Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113483374521317576387/113483374521317576387/posts Join our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/classicmoodexp Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/1184062239 Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/profile/305140685 Tracklist: 00:00 Duke Ellington - Take the A Train (1941) (Billy Strayhorn, Joya Sherrill) 02:50 Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood (1935) (Duke Ellington) 06:05 Duke Ellington - Diga Diga Doo (1928) (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) 08:55 Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) 12:02 Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo (1931) (Duke ...
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Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of [Ellington's] career... It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be."
Duke Ellington and his orchestra playing this awesome tune in 1943. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for Brunswick Records (Br 6265) on February 2, 1932. Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the instrumental solos. The title was based on the oft stated credo of Ellington's former trumpeter Bubber Miley, who was dying of tuberculosis. The song became famous, Ellington wrote, "as the expression of a sentiment which prevailed among jazz musicians a...
Riverside Records RLP 201 A1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 00:00 A2. Sophisticated Lady 04:41 A3. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 09:12 A4. Black And Tan Fantasy 15:08 B1. Mood Indigo 18:30 B2. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 21:45 B3. Solitude 27:29 B4. Caravan 31:15 Bass – Oscar Pettiford Drums – Kenny Clarke Piano – Thelonious Monk Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, July 21 and 27, 1955.
Giants of Jazz Collection Release 1996. 1- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 3:56 2- Just Squeeze Me 3:55 3- Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me 2:38 4- In a Mellow Tone (In a Mellotone) 3:49 5- Solitude 4:52 6- Don't Get Around Much Anymore recording of: Don't Get Around Much Anymore composer: Duke Ellington lyricist: Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith "Bob" Russell) 3:30 7- The Mooche clarinet: Barney Bigard trumpet: Louis Armstrong drums: Danny Barcelona double bass / contrabass / acoustic upright bass: Mort Herbert piano: Duke Ellington trombone: Trummy Young lead vocals: Louis Armstrong recording of: The Mooche composer: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills 3:40 8- I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:35 9- Mood Indigo 4:01 10- The Beautiful American 3:08 11- I G...
0:00 Boo-Dah 4:18 Take The "A" Train 5:56 Afro-Bossa 10:37 Perdido 14:29 Never On Sunday 18:36 Happy Reunion 22:07 Wailing Interval 26:14 Caravan 32:02 Banquet 34:22 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 39:11 Skillipoop 43:19 The Prowling Cat Medley: [46:32 Intro fanfare] 1. 47:04 Satin Doll 2. 48:27 Solitude 3. 49:45 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 4. 50:26 Mood Indigo 5. 52:41 I'm Beginning To See The Light 6. 53:16 Sophisticated Lady 7. 56:17 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 8. 57:40 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 9. 59:23 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore 1:02:15 Take The "A" Train
For many more Duke Ellington releases go to: http://bit.ly/1bcDSuY In the early 1960's the Goodyear Tire Company commisioned 5 short jazz films. The programs were originally filmed in 35 mm negative. The sound was recorded in professional stereo. Presenting the band in full vigor. Over the years, the prints faded to pink, because of an unstable color print stock. What was once an extremely professional, good looking endavour, now looked like the most out of date historic relic. In the late 80s Storyville Films polished and remastered the original source material and sync'ed music to the images. Finally these films were back to their intended quality and now stand as some of the most technically advanced of jazz films of the early 60s. This clip was recorded in NYC, January 9, 1962 ...
(Alan Gregg)
I wish I was in Wellington, the weather's not so good
The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should
But I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
I wish I was in Wellington - the bureaucracy
The suits and the briefcases along Lambton Quay
The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
It just isn't practical, you down in the capital
And me at the other end of the island
The problem is the gap - between us on the map
And there's no easy way to reconcile it
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car
And you can walk everywhere 'cause nowhere's very far
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
Oh I wish...
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through
I wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you